The wild cats of Holyrood

The weather has been beautiful today after a few days of what was left of Hurricane Katia. Warm and still and sunny. On my walk to work the blue of the sky and the green of a freshly mowed lawn almost felt like the spring promise of a beautiful summer to come, and I realised this is the end of the last summer of my 20's.

I'm not sure why we have an assortment of lions living in the Parliament gardens, but with the sunlight they almost looked like they might come to life and spend the remains of summer prowling Arthurs' Seat, before disappearing back under the mountain to wait out another bleak winter...